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+import type { SqliteDatabase, Migration } from 'sqlite-up';
+import type { MigrateBaseContext } from '../appMigrator.ts';
+import { queueStates } from '../drizzle/schema/schema.ts';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+
+
+export const up: Migration<MigrateBaseContext>['up'] = async (db: SqliteDatabase, ctx: MigrateBaseContext): Promise<void> => {
+
+    ctx.logger.info('Beginning queue entities consolidation.');
+
+    ctx.logger.verbose('Deleting (now) unused completed queue states...');
+
+    ctx.db.delete(queueStates).where(eq(queueStates.queueStatus,'completed'));
+
+    ctx.logger.verbose('Done with completed queue state deletions');
+
+    ctx.logger.info('Converting dead queue states to ingress states with failure + retries...');
+
+    let more = true;
+    let offset = 0,
+        updated = 0;
+    
+    while (more) {
+        const plays = await ctx.db.query.plays.findMany({
+            where: {
+                queueStates: {
+                    queueName: 'dead'
+                }
+            },
+            with: {
+                queueStates: true
+            },
+            limit: 100,
+            offset
+        });
+
+        for(const p of plays) {
+            const ingress = p.queueStates.find(x => x.queueName === 'ingress');
+            const dead = p.queueStates.find(x => x.queueName === 'dead');
+
+            if(ingress === undefined) {
+                await ctx.db.insert(queueStates).values([{
+                    componentId: p.componentId,
+                    playId: p.id,
+                    queueName: 'ingress',
+                    queueStatus: 'failed',
+                    retries: dead.retries,
+                    error: dead.error,
+                    createdAt: dead.updatedAt,
+                    updatedAt: dead.updatedAt
+                }]);
+            } else {
+                await ctx.db.update(queueStates).set({
+                    queueStatus: 'failed',
+                    retries: dead.retries,
+                    error: dead.error,
+                    updatedAt: dead.updatedAt}).where(eq(queueStates.id, ingress.id));
+            }
+            updated++;
+            await ctx.db.delete(queueStates).where(eq(queueStates.id, dead.id));
+        }
+
+        offset += 100;
+        ctx.logger.verbose(`Conversion Progress: Updated ${updated}`);
+        if (plays.length < 100) {
+            more = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ctx.logger.info('Done.');
+};
+
+export const down: Migration<MigrateBaseContext>['down'] = async (db: SqliteDatabase, ctx: MigrateBaseContext): Promise<void> => {
+    // Rollback code here
+    // context is passed as ctx
+};
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